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Re: On The Road To Smart Growth: Article: LA Freeway Fix-Up Won't Do

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From: John David Galt
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 06:19
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> Don Hagstrom <don002@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Had just 1/2 of these freeways gone in much of San Francisco's traffic
>> problems today would not exist.  They have only themselves to blame for
>> losing out on all those gas tax highway dollars.  Instead, they rely on 19th
>> century trolley bus technology with those overhead wires.

david parsons wrote:
>     The nerve of the city of San Francisco!  Spending money on
>     transportation that benefits the people who live in San Francisco
>     instead of spending that money on bypasses so the people can whisk
>     from one suburb to another 5 minutes faster that before.

First, the money comes from all the state's drivers.  Second, building the
freeway would benefit city residents too, and you know it.

The "right of self determination" is a concept that applies ONLY to
individuals.
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From: John David Galt <jdg@diogenes.sacramento.ca.us>
Newsgroups: la.transportation,ba.transportation,ca.driving
Subject: Re: On The Road To Smart Growth: Article: LA Freeway Fix-Up Won't Do
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Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 23:19:28 -0700
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